CollegeSocial studies 43+22 pts John Locke's statement on rights pointed to 'life, liberty, and property,' while Thomas Jefferso
n's pointed to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' With the historical context in mind, analyze the differences in meaning between these two phrases. Then, provide an explanation for the reasons why you think 'property' was changed to 'the pursuit of happiness' in the Declaration of Independence. Response should be at least one paragraph in length. WILL GIVE YOU BEST SCORE :)
[I'm not gonna have a paragraph] when Thomas Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence. He took the statement but he realize that he couldn't assure everybody to have property. So he said the pursuit of happiness, because of all the horrible and Intolerable Acts sugar acts and facts that were put on them during British rule. So the pursuit of happiness is that they will be able to be happy and do whatever they want within the law so they have more freedoms and they don't have to do things like taking soldiers anymore and they won't feel like they're suffering. And because they couldn't ensure that everybody was able to own land they changed it for that reason.
As president Andrew Jackson sent them away, leading to the trail of tears to gain the land. they were better off in Indian territory because the land was then his to control.
